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Akshay Wagholikar

Akshay Wagholikar

Pune

Summary

MBA (Marketing); self-driven professional with around 9.5 years of diverse proven experience in B2B sales; managed various assignments that includes large scale B2B sales with experience in Institutional Business Management, Key Account Management & Strategic Business Development domains Sourcing and managing relationships with clients in entire GCC & Maldives to have more production which helped in crisis management at Rehlat On-boarded global chains like Millennium, Accor, Minor & Best Western Properties in GCC & acquired 170% quarterly growth in acquisition at Rehlat Managed the supply for hotels and helped the business with 350% QOQ production at MakeMyTrip Delivered multi-fold growth in profits & revenue by implementing effective competition, combat strategies and creating a more responsive & market-driven organization Enabled MakeMyTrip to have new producing market maintaining overall supply Hygienic for the hotels which enabled to produce 220% MOM growth for the portfolio in South Goa Managed better relations with the different hosts at MMT as a result of which booking rejection came down from 7.8% to 0.14% for the portfolio

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate General Manager-Sales

Livspace
12.2022 - Current
  • Handling a Team of 55+ interior Designers and 6 Business Managers in the territory with monthly revenue of 8 Crores and 60+ Bookings
  • Monitor daily / weekly sales conversion funnel and drive improvements to improve funnel shape and deliver monthly targets
  • Drive sales through a team of highly skilled and driven interior designers and business managers
  • Drive the design process through a highly skilled team of design business managers to ensure the best possible TATs and CSAT is delivered to the customer
  • Liaise with stakeholders like marketing, operations, product development, marketing, branding, sourcing, & finance teams
  • Build SOPs to bring efficiency in the incumbent processes
  • Work on projects to optimize cost, drive efficiency in the sales funnel
  • Drive productivity of the designers and business managers
  • Own the hiring and training of talent to build a highly motivated and trained team
  • Build a team on strong fundamentals and vision of Livspace
  • Work closely with senior leadership on new initiatives and central program

Area Business Manager- GCC & Maldives

Rehlat
02.2021 - 12.2022
  • Acting as a consultant to Global chains & interact with their CXO levels to get the promotions and offers for better rates at the platform
  • Supervising and managing a team of 8 Business Managers for acquisitions & also to achieve their other KPIs
  • Working with the cross-functional teams such as marketing, catalog, finance, customer care to manage daily online & offline issues related to operations, bookings, marketing strategies, payments and promotions
  • Managing marketing strategies & promotional campaigns (CPC, VAS) to increase the saleability
  • Generating potential leads (hotels) for new business opportunities in entire GCC and Maldives & maintaining existing and established new customers by building personal customer relationships
  • Maintaining overall hygiene of hotels by ensuring M&B (Meat & Beat Rates), inventory with other competitions like Booking.com & Airbnb

Sr.Business Development Manager

MakeMyTrip
03.2018 - 02.2021
  • Managed a set of 400+ hotels, alternate accommodations (Villas, BNB) in Goa & Maharashtra
  • Acted as a consultant for hotel/accommodation partners so as to act as a bridge between MakeMyTrip portal & business partners
  • Provided right solutions to hotel partners after analyzing their performance data/reports & conducted business meetings to discuss growth strategies & goals
  • Steered marketing strategies & promotional campaigns (CPC, VAS) to increase the salability & visibility of hotels on both MMT & Goibibo platforms including their content & display
  • Worked with cross-functional teams to manage daily online & offline issues related to operations, bookings, marketing strategies, payments and promotions
  • Maintained overall hygiene of hotels by ensuring M&B (Meat & Beat Rates), inventory with other competitions like Booking.com & Airbnb
  • Led the initiative for acquisition and managed to get 150 new properties with a team of 4 members
  • Worked towards growth of their revenue & GMV by using some marketing strategies
  • Maintained P&L of city to become profitable by up-selling the existing accounts and setting up an average commission

Sr.Institutional Business Manager

Urban Ladder
02.2017 - 03.2018
  • Managed B2B channel development across the region & performed lead generation & prospection of new clients
  • Worked on portfolio of 250+ accounts across Pune, Goa and MP; client portfolio includes Developers, Architects, Interior Designers, Hotels & Corporate Offices
  • Achieved 150% growth in new accounts acquired since joining
  • Generated revenue from existing accounts on a regular basis and increased share of revenue per account
  • Coordinated with internal teams to ensure minimum escalation & quick resolution
  • Used technical tools (Sales force, Wulverin & Sisense) for sales administration and analysis

Institutional Business Manager

Future Group-HomeTown
07.2015 - 02.2017
  • Managed B2B channel development across the region; sold wide gift range to different corporate institutions like IT companies, Banks, Government Organizations, Architects, Hotels, Guest Houses, Builders & Manufacturing units
  • Worked on portfolio of 100+ accounts across Pune, Goa and MP; client portfolio includes developers, architects, interior designers, hotels & corporate offices
  • Generated revenue from corporate sales and outreach of FMCD products which is into furniture, decor, home furnishing, home improvement across Maharashtra
  • Performed sales promotion in different organizations and institutions through advertising campaign with kiosks, standees and Counters

Education

Master of Business - Management

MIT COLLEGE
01.2015

Bachelor of Computer - Application

S.R.T.M.U NANDED
01.2013

Skills

  • Leadership
  • Training & Development
  • B2B Sales
  • Key Account Management
  • P & L
  • Funnel Management & Sales

Accomplishments

  • Go-tripper of the quarter at MakeMyTrip.
  • Star Spacer Award at Livspace.

Languages

English
Hindi
Marathi

Recommendations

  • Sameer Salvi, Make My Trip, Akshay has been a great colleague, a go-getter and most important a great Team Player, There are many things to learn from Akshay the way he manages his clients, resolves issue and get this done. Have never seen him crumbled in any tough situation. Street Smart is a word which can define Akshay because he knows to find way in anything. He would surely prove a Asset in which ever Company & Profile he works in.
  • Srijan Srivastava, Urban Ladder, Akshay is a hard working individual who gives his best on any assigned task. His effort to develop a market in Pune and Goa produced great results. His never give-up attitude and high professionalism proved him to be a valuable team member. If given a challenging role, he can be a great asset. I wish him the best for his future endeavours.

Timeline

Associate General Manager-Sales

Livspace
12.2022 - Current

Area Business Manager- GCC & Maldives

Rehlat
02.2021 - 12.2022

Sr.Business Development Manager

MakeMyTrip
03.2018 - 02.2021

Sr.Institutional Business Manager

Urban Ladder
02.2017 - 03.2018

Institutional Business Manager

Future Group-HomeTown
07.2015 - 02.2017

Bachelor of Computer - Application

S.R.T.M.U NANDED

Master of Business - Management

MIT COLLEGE
Akshay Wagholikar